Extending the Data
Service with a Data Service Adapter
You extend the
Data Service by creating a Data Service Adapter to provide data to the
components in your user interface extensions that require data that is not
available through the Data Service.
A Data Service Adapter is a Java
service that integrates with the Data Service, and gives the Data Service the
ability to process and respond to Data Service queries for new object types or
properties. Data Service Adapters can access data sources within vSphere, or
outside data sources.
A Data Service Adapter must
implement the same interface and information model as the Data Service. When
you create a Data Service Adapter, it must handle Data Service queries and
return information as a result set consisting of objects with associated
properties.